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more about the technical elements of literatureAll works of literature incorporate and are made up of these kinds of technical elements—aspects of literature such as meter, form, sound (rhyme), and figures of speech. Any particular work can by analyzed, understood, described, and classified by the particular combination of the technical elements it possesses. Just as a piece of symphonic music can be characterized and distinguished from other kinds of music by the combination of musical elements it employs—its genre—so can a piece of writing be characterized and distinguished from other kinds of writing by the combination of writing elements it employs—its form, content, writing style, and the like. For example, a poem may rhyme or not rhyme; but to be prose, a piece of writing may not rhyme. Epic poetry is not lyric poetry because the technical elements of one differ from the technical elements of the other. Each of the following is an example of a technical element of literature:
why are they important?The Muse contends that a reader cannot fully understand or appreciate material he reads until he understands the technical elements that define and describe it. A writer cannot produce a successful piece of writing until he understands the technical elements that define and describe it. This is the case no matter what kind of writing people read or write. Writing literature is not a haphazard undertaking. A piece of literature is not good or bad by accident, but rather by virtue of its different elements and by how skillfully it incorporates and blends them. For example, different rhyme schemes and meters are appropriate for different purposes; a dirge should not employ a cheerful meter or an uplifting sound scheme. Exploring these kinds of distinctions in writing is one of The Muse's principal objectives and one of the most important aspects of understanding writing. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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